Chapter 297 Xiaodi and Xie's first meeting

After Pain arrived, Konoha and Amegakure reached a consensus and planned to build a straight passage between Konoha and Amegakure.

However, after researchers went to the Land of Rain to conduct research, they found that the life of trains can easily be affected by long-term rainy environments.

However, with the help of Orochimaru, the problem of train running in the rain was solved within two and a half days.

Although Haneda didn't understand how it was done, he was shocked by Orochimaru's tone.

Deidara was also sent to the Rain Country at this time to blow up the tunnel.

The person who partners with him is intriguing, as it turns out to be Scorpion, the enemy whom Haneda wanted to kill for a long time.

But Haneda did not make a move.

Akatsuki had just become close to Konoha, and taking action at this time would be tantamount to tearing up the alliance.

And maybe Obito had some considerations for himself, otherwise he would not have allowed the Amegakure to form an alliance with Konoha.

When the special period is over, Haneda will disguise himself as Sunagakure and take action in secret.

Even if Akatsuki guessed that they were the ones who killed the person, without evidence, who could be sure?

By doing this, Haneda can also test whether Akatsuki is inclined to cooperate with Konoha.

The one that is now allied with Konoha is the Amegakure represented by Pain, not the Akatsuki organization represented by Obito and Pain.

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The border between the Rain Kingdom and the Fire Kingdom.

Scorpion was wearing an ugly scarlet amber coat and a red cloud cloak dragging on the ground as he walked on the muddy path.

He didn't dare walk on the clean cement road built by the Payne Organization. There were too many people there and he couldn't be sure whether there were any of Haneda's spies.

Scorpion knew clearly that it was impossible to defeat Haneda with his own strength.

He needs to survive until Haneda is too old to have any strength left and dies of old age and is buried in the ground.

Scorpion looked up at the falling rain, and his body, which had been transformed from a human body into a machine, inexplicably felt a chill.

He cursed the leader a few times and then started cursing Orochimaru.

He wasn't sure if Orochimaru had kept something on him and sold himself to Haneda.

Suddenly, a familiar figure fell from the sky, followed by a blond, very excited child.

Scorpion's eyes narrowed. It was the leader, Pein, who had come, and he brought Deidara, who had a close relationship with Haneda...

"Chief." Scorpion vaguely guessed the reason why the leader came, but his temper remained the same and he just greeted him indifferently.

Before Pein could say anything, Deidara couldn't wait to point at Scorpion and said:

"Hey, hey, hey! Why are you so ugly?"

"Although you are Brother Haneda's enemy, you should at least dress yourself up, huh!"

Scorpion didn't want to bother with the overly lively child, but he was not sure whether Haneda was there, so he tried:

"Where did you come from, kid? It's almost evening now. You should go home with your parents for dinner."

"Baga! I, Deidara, am a special jonin of Konoha and an artist recognized by Brother Haneda! I am not just a kid!"

Deidara exploded instantly. He had wanted to attack Scorpion in the first place, so he grabbed a handful of clay and fed it into the mouth on the palm of his right hand.

When the clay came out of its mouth, it had already formed into small round spiders.

"Don't overdo it." Tiandao Pain said lightly.

He jumped onto a tree and quietly watched the upcoming battle.

Under Pain's gaze, the clay spider spit out by Deidara continued to climb on the ground.

"Art is a fleeting explosion! Ha!"

Soon, they filled the area around the scorpion, and with a loud shout, they exploded instantly.

“Art can exist for a long time and be perfect. Only eternity is true art.”

Scorpion walked out from the iron sand scattered on the ground, followed by a puppet that looked like the Third Kazekage.

"Yo~ You also have your own set of artistic concepts like Haneda-sama, but it's the opposite of me. I'm not happy with you, huh!"

Deidara originally wanted to use the more powerful explosive clay.

But then Payne jumped down and stood between the two men.

Knowing that Brother Haneda valued Pain very much, Deidara made a "tsk" sound and did not continue.

And Scorpion also collected the Third Generation Kazekage puppet.

"Uchiha Haneda will not be on this mission. Follow me to find out where to dig the tunnel."

Deidara followed, and as he walked he did not forget to look back and look at Scorpion with contempt.

Scorpion said lightly that it was childish, and Deidara kicked his feet in anger, and couldn't help but taunt back:

"Your eternal art, without any artistic beauty, will be blown up sooner or later. It can still burst into a moment of brilliance, huh!"

"You can't do it."

"That's because I didn't use my highest art C4 - Garuda! I once used this move to blow up a super large mine!!"

"You still can't do it."

"Baga! I have the Flying Thunder God Seal that Brother Haneda gave me before he left. I can defeat you in a minute!"

This time, Scorpion had nothing to say and followed the leader silently.

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Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the policy drafted by Haneda and supplemented by the Shikaku Cabinet, the policy of popularizing high-yield grain throughout the country was circulated in most areas.

Half of the southern regions have achieved two harvests a year, while the northern regions are lagging behind with wheat only harvesting once.

It is expected that there will be another harvest across the country in autumn and winter when the temperature is not yet completely cold.

But for this period alone, the estimated grain income has exceeded last year’s total!

The nation's grain tax revenue is expected to nearly double this year, as commercial taxes fall slightly due to public-private partnerships.

However, judging by the current trends, Haneda is close to achieving its first five-year plan to eliminate hunger!

According to the polls conducted by the Anbu using illusion, Haneda has completely turned around in the hearts of the people.

Except for the upper-class businessmen and some politicians who are still extremely resentful, most of the lower-class people have gradually forgotten the daimyo and recognized the head of the country, Uchiha Haneda.

This is the case even though Haneda did not deliberately publicize it!

Of course, driven by popular support, My Struggle, published by Haneda last year, was successfully elected as the top bestseller in the Land of Fire!

The idea of ​​the new will of fire spread across the country.

Since the situation in the Fire Nation was very good after the reform, the Rain Nation actively learned under the leadership of Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

They also had a cabinet system, public-private partnerships, and a planned economy.

Of course, there will definitely be resistance in the country, led by hereditary nobles and wealthy businessmen.

But under the cover of a bag of rice, all the reactionaries behaved themselves.

Payne also used drastic measures to transfer half of the country's capital into the national treasury.

However, in order to prevent the Rain Country from being besieged by other great powers outside the Fire Country, he did not directly abolish the daimyo like Haneda did.

Instead, he was controlled like a puppet.

The railway track connecting Konoha and Amegakure was quickly completed and opened to traffic half a year later.

With the deliberate assistance of the Fire Nation, about a quarter of the grain originally intended to be sold to other major countries was transported to the Rain Nation.

The other four great nations suffered, but prices in the Rain Nation, which had formed an alliance with the Fire Nation, were falling rapidly.

Driven by trade between the two countries, major factories have been recruiting workers on a large scale and the number of unemployed people has also dropped significantly.

Compared to last year, the lives of the people in the Rain Country have improved significantly.